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Students felt more engaged by augmented reality but learned less than those viewing video, study finds
Study analyzes how fact-checkers from four different countries assess climate-change claims
KU team publishes guide to reach overlooked populations in COVID-19 communications
Kevin Merida to receive William Allen White Foundation National Citation
J-School alumni to be inducted in Kansas Photojournalism Hall of Fame
J-School student named National Veterans Leadership Foundation Fellow
Q&A with Angie Hendershot, KU Edwards Teaching Excellence Award winner
J-School professor featured in Wellness in Our Democracy lecture series
Remembering photojournalist Alan Hagman
Media coverage of hurricanes reinforces images of people of color as victims, study finds
LAWRENCE — As Hurricane Ian made landfall, devastating parts of Florida, South Carolina and the Caribbean, readers saw media images of destruction, rescues and recovery. How images from such disasters are presented often cast people in certain roles. A new study from the University of Kansas shows newspaper images from...
Wichita Eagle, Lawrence Times win Burton W. Marvin Award
Faculty and graduate students present at AEJMC conference
KU journalism school will offer new concentration in Media Arts and Production
LAWRENCE — Recognizing the explosive need for creative content and media production, the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Kansas is launching a concentration in Media Arts and Production. ...
Dole Institute announces 20th anniversary programming
LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced the start of its 20th programming year with a slate of signature events featuring world-class leaders, including KU alumni. ...
KU marketing experts help expand teen crisis and suicide prevention program to hundreds of families
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Study finds conversion messages effective in reaching vaccine-hesitant populations
LAWRENCE — Health communicators, medical professionals, politicians and even average citizens have struggled with ways to convince those hesitant about COVID-19 vaccines to get inoculated. New research from the University of Kansas shows that conversion messages, or two-sided narrative messages describing someone who was reluctant to be vaccinated but changed...
KU leading project to test new business model for rural, weekly newspapers
LAWRENCE — Business has changed since 1833. One would be hard-pressed to find businesses operating with the same model that was in place when Andrew Jackson was in the White House. But in the case of newspapers, many are still operating with the same business model established when Benjamin Day...
Book outlines how Historically Black Colleges and Universities weather accreditation, pandemic budget challenges
KU journalism partnering on 'Good Morning Indian Country,' providing news for indigenous communities
Study finds global media repeated pandemic xenophobia, also global efforts to fight it
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KU Alumni Association, Black Alumni Network celebrate young alumni with inaugural Emerging Leaders Award
Study: Whether journalists who left jobs chose to or were laid off predicts physical, emotional reaction
Vaccine selfies, when done right, can be effective, ethical way to fight pandemic, scholars argue
Project chronicles how the pandemic changed community newspapers' business model
LAWRENCE — In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, community newspapers faced a nonstop news cycle and new challenges in providing vital information to their readers. At the same time, the pandemic presented a financial crisis as advertising revenue declined. A University of Kansas researcher has co-created an oral...
Nine faculty members recognized for teaching excellence
LAWRENCE — Nine faculty members at the University of Kansas are being recognized as winners of annual distinguished teaching awards. ...
J-School faculty and students to present at AEJMC conference
Twenty-one faculty members and graduate students from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications are presenting their research studies and creative projects at the 104th annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), which will be held virtually Aug. 4-7, 2021. Their...